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United States Patent | 6,267,044 |
Friel, Sr. | July 31, 2001 |
A batch type toaster includes a cool remote waiting zone and an intrinsically controlled transport mechanism that retains the bread in said waiting zone while the toasting zone is heating to optimum toasting conditions and subsequently moves the bread into the preheated toasting zone until the desired browning is obtained.
Inventors: | Friel, Sr.; Daniel D. (Greenville, DE) |
Assignee: | Edgecroft Corporation (Avondale, PA) |
Appl. No.: | 569841 |
Filed: | May 12, 2000 |
Current U.S. Class: | 99/327; 99/329P; 99/329RT; 99/385; 99/389; 99/390; 99/391; 219/386; 219/521 |
Intern'l Class: | A47J 037/08; F24C 007/10 |
Field of Search: | 99/325-333,339,340,337,338,341,342,385-393 219/518-521,396,398,492,494,497,481,489,386 392/373,375,337,407 |
1893989 | Jan., 1933 | Galer | 99/390. |
1926276 | Sep., 1933 | Forbes | 99/332. |
1967209 | Jul., 1934 | Lawrence | 99/327. |
1979845 | Jan., 1933 | Schallis | 99/332. |
2631523 | Mar., 1953 | Olving | 99/331. |
2764081 | Sep., 1956 | Glasser | 99/390. |
4345513 | Aug., 1982 | Holt | 99/401. |
5528980 | Jun., 1996 | McClean | 99/389. |
5642657 | Jul., 1997 | Yeung et al. | 99/393. |
5647270 | Jul., 1997 | Rousseau et al. | 99/391. |
5664481 | Sep., 1997 | Huggler | 99/391. |
5802957 | Sep., 1998 | Wanat et al. | 219/521. |
5943948 | Aug., 1999 | Tanaka | 99/391. |
MOISTURE LOSS DURING TOASTING CYCLE MODEL (% by weight) Sunbeam Toast Logic 15.2 Black & Decker 13.5 Black & Decker (Horizontal) 13.3 T-Fal Electronic 16.0 Krups Electronic 15.3 Cuisinart Countdown 12.3 Cuisinart Electronic 12.7 Cuisinart 14.3 Maxim 16.0 Average of above 14.3% New toaster of this 10.2% invention (as described above)